[$] Debian votes on a statement — and a leader

Richard Stallman's return to the FreeSoftware Foundation's board of directors has provoked a flurry of responses, and many organizations inthe free-software community have expressed their unhappiness with thatappointment. In almost every case, the process leading up to thatexpression has been carried out behind closed doors. The Debian project,instead, is deciding what to do in a classic Debian way - holding a publicvote on a general resolution with a wide range of possible outcomes.